Tissue sheets having good strength and bulk

US7938932B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Alan Hermans · Neenah, US
• Cristina Asensio Mullally · Neenah, US
• Stephanie Lee Berube · Greenville, US
• Frank Stephen Hada · Appleton, US
• Lacey Leigh Hansen · Neenah, US
• Jeffrey D. Mathews · Naperville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2010
• Grant date: May 10, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/24455
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of making soft, strong, high bulk tissue is disclosed. The method includes pre-conditioning a wet web by straining the wet web in the cross-machine direction prior to transferring the wet web to a throughdrying fabric. The pre-conditioned web provides improved sheet softness and conforms more readily to the surface contour of the throughdrying fabric, thereby creating greater caliper (bulk) in the resulting dried sheet. The bulk is maintained during a subsequent creping step by maintaining the dried sheet in registration with the throughdrying fabric when the dried sheet is applied to the surface of the creping cylinder.